Big Books of 2026

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The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineSatantango by László Krasznahorkai
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Beautifully Disturbing
84 books — 58 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDracula by Bram StokerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Gothic novels
161 books — 163 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,159 books — 2,283 voters

The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,170 books — 2,727 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,307 books — 4,545 voters

Geek Love by Katherine DunnOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Library at Mount Char by Scott HawkinsAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels
119 books — 114 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Modern Gothic
713 books — 1,360 voters